I had too many great crafts to choose from this past year, but I eventually narrowed it down. In no particular order, here are my 10 favorite craft projects of 2018!
Brusho Butterfly — My first big try at Brusho. Love it!
3. Week in the Life Album 2018 — Always love this project!
5. Kaleidoscope of Butterflies - Using a ton of random scraps!
6. Teddy Bear Greetings - Clean and simple baby card
7. Coffee Cups!
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Christmas card. Tomorrow is the big day, but before we get there, I had one more card to share with you. I love all the pretty patterned paper Stampin’ Up! comes out with every year. I decided to show off that paper with a simple card for the season.
Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock: Dashing Along DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Whisper White
Accessories: Rhinestones; White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Ovals Framelits
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card full of shimmer and shine. I love a bit of sparkle on my cards, but wanted it to be subtle. And so I layered some great DSP pieces on top of a larger piece of Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper. The sparkle is sneaky! To bring up my sentiment, I also wrapped some copper thread around underneath. Love that shine!
Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments
Inks: Merry Merlot
Cardstock: Joyous Noel DSP; Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper; Tranquil Tide; Whisper White
Accessories: Copper thread
Tools: Oval Framelits
Today’s card set are a CASE from Amy Koenders. I love the simplicity of a big sentiment and some Washi tape. I pulled some sentiments and Washi tape from stash and put together four slightly different cards.
Stamps: Wonderful Year
Inks: Shaded Spruce; Real Red; Mossy Meadow; Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler; Mossy Meadow; Whisper White; Very Vanilla; Call Me Clover; Real Red
Accessories: various Washi tape
Tools:
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Christmas card featuring nontraditional colors. I love lime green and pink for Christmas cards, so I ran with that color palette. After searching through my DSP container, I stumbled upon the Broadway Bound DSP featuring both colors. Perfect! I set to creating a stack of presents as the center piece of my card. I kept the design simple and only added a sentiment and piece of ribbon to finish the card.
Stamps: Many Blessings
Inks: Lovely Lipstick
Cardstock: Broadway Bound DSP; Basic Black; Gray Granite; Whisper White
Accessories: Lemon Lime Twist Ombre Ribbon
Tools:
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using a color technique. I’m all about my Stampin’ Up! markers to add that little bit of something extra to my cards. For today’s card, I layered on the patterns before stamping and coloring in my central image and sentiment. Every once in awhile, I love playing with a ton of patterns.
Stamps: Many Blessings
Inks: Cherry Cobbler; Mossy Meadow; Basic Gray; Old Olive; Crushed Curry; Real red
Cardstock: Festive Farmhouse DSP; Mossy Meadow; Cherry Cobbler; Very Vanilla
Accessories: Very Vanilla Lace Trim
Tools:
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using your favorite Christmas DSP. I love the colors and patterns in the Santa’s Workshop DSP pack. I wanted to show off the beautiful paper, so I kept the sentiment and additions fairly simple.
Stamps: Making Christmas Bright
Inks: Garden Green; Poppy Parade
Cardstock: Santa’s Workshop DSP; Garden Green; Poppy Parade; Basic Black; Whisper White
Accessories: Santa’s Workshop Enamel Shapes
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Candy Cane Builder Punch
Today’s card is simple yet striking. I CASEd this great design from Sarah Berry with some minor alterations. I love the little bit of plaid peeking through underneath.
Stamps: Pop of Petals; Merry Mistletoe (retired)
Inks: Garden Green; Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock: Farmhouse Christmas DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Whisper White
Accessories: Gold Faceted Gems
Tools: Four-Petal Flower Punch
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a with the theme of Winter Wonderland. I stumbled upon this card from Sandra Korten and I just had to CASE it. She uses a great combination of colors and elements to create a very fun winter card. I kept most of her elements while subbing out the colored paper and twine.
Stamps: Better Together
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Santa’s Workshop DSP; Twinkle Twinkle DSP; Real Red; Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Sequin Trim
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Softly Falling Embossing Folder
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card featuring some punch art. I choose to go simple and create a Christmas tree out of one of my punches. After digging through, I settled on the Christmas bulb punch to create the “leaves.” From there, I stamped some leaf detail using a retired stamp and got to punching. After assembling my tree, I added a few ornaments with a hole punch and a tree topper with a star punch. For a final touch, I added some Wink of Stella “snow” to my card face.
Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas; Merry Mistletoe (retired)
Inks: Real Red; Old Olive
Cardstock: Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper; Copper Glimmer Paper; Pool Party; Old Olive; Read Red; Whisper White; Early Espresso
Accessories: Wink of Stella
Tools: Christmas Bulb Punch; Star Punch (retired); Hole Punch